Some players are known to be ineligible to represent the UK in the World
Amateur (under the current rules). Their names are shown like
this. (They still accumulate points in case the rules (or their status) ever change).

The points awarded to the player who went to the World Amateur in a given year are
displayed like this. Often in the past the
Challenger’s Tournament took place at the same time as the World Amateur
Tournament so the representative could not take part in that year’s
British Championship unless they were defending champion.

For some years until 2005, a defending champion who lost the title match got 5 points. It
used to be 4 points. From 2006 the defending champion takes part in the League, scoring points
according to placing.

Selection Details

We say normally because the final decision of who to send lies with Council.
For the representative this entails an
all-expenses-paid trip (but recently excluding plane fares), usually to Japan, courtesy of the event’s sponsors.
The representative needs to abide by the IGF Code of Conduct, which can be seen on the IGF Members Documents page.

The process is defined by Section 6.10 of our Policies, but a guide is:
The eight highest-placed
players in the British Go Championship receive points. Normally the
person with the highest accumulated total, who has earned points in the last 5 years (amendment by Council 21st February 2010), is nominated as our representative.
That player’s accumulated points are then reset to zero. We say
normally because the final decision of who to send lies with the Association Council.
For example someone becoming British Go Champion for the first time might
receive a priority invitation the next year.